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it's something i'll never be able to do again. >> the general says the focus in afghanistan will shift to more intel and special forces work and will center on the eastern border of pakistan. >>> the sweet and balmer children in maryland, what a wonderful day. it's wedding day and brings together two families torn apart by war. bob barnard was at the ceremony. >> reporter: beneath the towering air force memorial overlooking the nation's capitol, amid the bus loads of tourists on this hazy summer day appears a white stretched limo, and in it, two families scarred by war. >> he always tells me i'm his fourth of july so he picked the fourth and the location. >> reporter: it's the wedding of air force master sergeant chris sweet and his bride, danielle. in attendance, her two and his three children. >> this is not just about danielle and i coming together. it's about two families coming together, two families that have been through amazing tragedy. >> reporter: in danielle's bouquet of flowers, the two spouses they lost to war. >> this is another way to have them. >> reporter: air force te
it's something i'll never be able to do again. >> the general says the focus in afghanistan will shift to more intel and special forces work and will center on the eastern border of pakistan. >>> the sweet and balmer children in maryland, what a wonderful day. it's wedding day and brings together two families torn apart by war. bob barnard was at the ceremony. >> reporter: beneath the towering air force memorial overlooking the nation's capitol, amid the bus loads of...
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. >>> these service members are not from iraq or afghanistan, they're from world war ii. why this dahab so long in the making next. -- day has been so long in the making next. >>> your five-day forecast has been brought to you by your local dodge jeep and chrysler dealers. [ male announcer ] are you paying more and more for cable, and enjoying it less and less? stop paying for second best. upgrade to verizon fios and get tv, internet and phone for just $99.99 a month for a year. want to save even more? call now and we'll add over 60 premium channels, including showtime, starz, epix, and more for 12 months. fios is a 100% fiber optic network. it delivers superior picture quality, the best channel lineup, more hd, plus america's fastest, most consistent and reliable internet. and there's no annual contract required. why keep paying for cable? move up to the best. get fios tv, internet and phone for just $99.99 a month for a year, plus over 60 premium channels for 12 months. don't wait. call 1.877.729.fios. call the verizon center for customers with d
. >>> these service members are not from iraq or afghanistan, they're from world war ii. why this dahab so long in the making next. -- day has been so long in the making next. >>> your five-day forecast has been brought to you by your local dodge jeep and chrysler dealers. [ male announcer ] are you paying more and more for cable, and enjoying it less and less? stop paying for second best. upgrade to verizon fios and get tv, internet and phone for just...
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. >>> taking the edge off, a marine fighting if afghanistan and a question for actress mila kunis. >> i just want to take a moment out of my day just like you from north carolina. take a second, think about it. get back to me. >> sergeant scott moore posted this youtube video asking the friends with benefits star to accompany him to the marine corps ball. it went viral. she heard about it from her co- star justin timber like lake and she said yes. >> -- timberlake and she said yes. >> is there really a video? >> yes. >> you have to
. >>> taking the edge off, a marine fighting if afghanistan and a question for actress mila kunis. >> i just want to take a moment out of my day just like you from north carolina. take a second, think about it. get back to me. >> sergeant scott moore posted this youtube video asking the friends with benefits star to accompany him to the marine corps ball. it went viral. she heard about it from her co- star justin timber like lake and she said yes. >> -- timberlake and...
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what the president is going on in afghanistan and i think on the d.c. coalitions of police the police would not be with god satan you're watching out of versus them right back. in the us. what drives the world the fear mongering used by politicians who makes decisions come to didn't break through a bit through to be made who can you trust no one who is you know deal with a global mission that would see where we had a state controlled capitalism in school satchel so when nobody dares to ask what we do you are a key question morning. welcome back to adam vs the man now when i was a sergeant in iraq i served in a civil affairs unit and would like to think that my little experience in fallujah gave me a certain situational awareness on foreign policy not just great war stories it's all checks of cars but then most war stories that are totally made up anyway so the discussion of always broader foreign policy strategy bring in the big downside joining me now is colonel douglas a mcgregor. out there of warriors rage the great tank battle of seventy three easti
what the president is going on in afghanistan and i think on the d.c. coalitions of police the police would not be with god satan you're watching out of versus them right back. in the us. what drives the world the fear mongering used by politicians who makes decisions come to didn't break through a bit through to be made who can you trust no one who is you know deal with a global mission that would see where we had a state controlled capitalism in school satchel so when nobody dares to ask what...
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troops in iraq beyond 2011 he made an unannounced trip to afghanistan to meet with the troops. >>> in a sign of worsening relations with pakistan the u.s. is withholding $800 million in aid to the country's army they want more aggressive action taken against the taliban and not happy about their decision to revoke visas for american military trainers according to reports by the new york times white house chief of staff william daily talked about the tricky relationship this week. >>> obviously they have been an important alley in the fight on terrorism, victim of enormous amounts of terrorism but right now they have taken steps that give us reason to pause on aid we were giving to their military and we are trying to work through that. >>> tensions between the two nations have been on the rise since u.s. navy seals killed osama bin laden during a raid on pakistani soil in may. >>> another big story this morning, remembering betty ford the former first lady died friday she was 93. >> funeral services will happen tomorrow in the meantime sarah simmons is back with how folks are honouring
troops in iraq beyond 2011 he made an unannounced trip to afghanistan to meet with the troops. >>> in a sign of worsening relations with pakistan the u.s. is withholding $800 million in aid to the country's army they want more aggressive action taken against the taliban and not happy about their decision to revoke visas for american military trainers according to reports by the new york times white house chief of staff william daily talked about the tricky relationship this week....
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prepares for a gradual drawdown from afghanistan. >>> when we come back here tonight, new research on head injuries and dementia and alzheimer's and a group that the researchers are most concerned about tonight. >>>, and later, they may have come up short in the end, but the u.s. women's world cup team members are still american idols. >>> we're back, as promised, with news that may help solve a mystery. researchers set out to see what happened later in life to those americans who served in vietnam. what they found, presented today at the annual meeting of the alzheimer's association, is that head injuries during that war may be linked to dementia years later. and the findings could mean a frightening scenario, of course, for veterans of our current dual wars. thousands of them have come home suffering brain injuries. our report tonight from our chief science correspondent robert bazell. >> reporter: richard wanamaker, 62 years old, is suffering twice because of his military service. an initial traumatic brain injury or tbi. now, decades later, increasing memory loss. today's study lo
prepares for a gradual drawdown from afghanistan. >>> when we come back here tonight, new research on head injuries and dementia and alzheimer's and a group that the researchers are most concerned about tonight. >>>, and later, they may have come up short in the end, but the u.s. women's world cup team members are still american idols. >>> we're back, as promised, with news that may help solve a mystery. researchers set out to see what happened later in life to those...
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. >> well, i had a fascinating conversation with a woman whose son is serving in afghanistan and prior to that point i really had no reference for what it must be like to even be in the military and out there let alone to hear a mothers perspective and by the end of this conversation, i was humble and drained and i quickly rang paul and said i think i've got something the song unsung hero literally came out of that conversation all the words in it are really everything that came out of her mouth as she is waiting, she has his photographs everywhere hoping he will get hope safely and it really shocked me out of my revelry of thinking how it must be -- how exciting to go on a trip to afghanistan. >> and we always hear we watch the newyou hear about numbers 10,000 troops deployed, or 30,000 those aren't numbers those are people with families you know, and we lose sight of that often and so this is really our humble offering to you know, families of service members, every soldier there is a wife and husband and child, children and parents and we have really been moved by the response to th
. >> well, i had a fascinating conversation with a woman whose son is serving in afghanistan and prior to that point i really had no reference for what it must be like to even be in the military and out there let alone to hear a mothers perspective and by the end of this conversation, i was humble and drained and i quickly rang paul and said i think i've got something the song unsung hero literally came out of that conversation all the words in it are really everything that came out of...
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let's talk about afghanistan. you'll be focusing on that as well. >> we're going to have two senators from the armed services committee. joe leiberman from connecticut and lindsey graham from south carolina. they are going to be traveling overseas. we'll check in with them live from the middle east to talk about the president's withdrawal plan he's announced. we have new polls on that and how people feel about it. especially in light of the attack in kabul earlier this week. also libya as well. and whether the president has done a good enough job justifying why we're there. >> also you have a guest who is a great guy. an actor who has done so much for our troops. >> gary sinise. he's on csi. but the most important role it seems like for him is the fact he's out there serving our troops. he comes from a family with a lot of military connections. he works tirelessly to make sure our troops and families feel appreciated. we're going to sit down and talk to him about what he's doing. >> all right. we look forward to s
let's talk about afghanistan. you'll be focusing on that as well. >> we're going to have two senators from the armed services committee. joe leiberman from connecticut and lindsey graham from south carolina. they are going to be traveling overseas. we'll check in with them live from the middle east to talk about the president's withdrawal plan he's announced. we have new polls on that and how people feel about it. especially in light of the attack in kabul earlier this week. also libya as...
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is their anyone who plausibly believes we would have been in iraq past 2,004 or we would still be in afghanistan >> that's what i just said. this is a debate we can actually have because i think it's, you know, you can make an argument, at the same time i -- it's the kind of academic question. i don't feel it's going to happen. >> but your great-grandfather would say we have to have these. islamic academic arguments, g maybe. >> don't go pleading fdr on me. >> yeah, you know, one of the things to remember about the brothers and looking at the story is valuable is they were really working out how to answer some of these questions and there was an urgency because the new questions and they felt them and these are questions we just don't feel the kind of tension between the responsibilities of individual, responsibility as a citizen, efiks versus morality, the sound academic terms but@ when it came down to it's like are you going to die for your country, are you going to change society in such a way that it's not as equal or unjust we have huge structural problems in thiñ country. our property ri
is their anyone who plausibly believes we would have been in iraq past 2,004 or we would still be in afghanistan >> that's what i just said. this is a debate we can actually have because i think it's, you know, you can make an argument, at the same time i -- it's the kind of academic question. i don't feel it's going to happen. >> but your great-grandfather would say we have to have these. islamic academic arguments, g maybe. >> don't go pleading fdr on me. >> yeah, you...
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he arrived yesterday after an unannounced visit to afghanistan. he visited the combat support hospital before addressing troops. today he will meet with troops and government leaders. iraqi police say three rockets hit baghdad's green zone during the visit. no casual list were reported. >>> south sudan now has the first president. he took the oath of office in the country that officially separated from the northern portion of sudan at the end of june. besides setting up a new government, he has to deal with border disputes and paying for oil. >>> hundreds waited to sign a book of remembrance to betty ford. gerald ford's museum is in grand rapids. there will be a private service in palm desert, california. that's where the president and mrs. ford lived after he left office. she died friday at the age of 93. >>> thousands of people on the west lawn of the u.s. capital there to hear from the dalai lama. coming up next, what message he had to deliver for them. >>> we have hazy hot and humid conditions. i will have the details on your weather and julie
he arrived yesterday after an unannounced visit to afghanistan. he visited the combat support hospital before addressing troops. today he will meet with troops and government leaders. iraqi police say three rockets hit baghdad's green zone during the visit. no casual list were reported. >>> south sudan now has the first president. he took the oath of office in the country that officially separated from the northern portion of sudan at the end of june. besides setting up a new...
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in afghanistan, another blow to the rule of president karzai today. they gunned down his most precious aide. karzai's half-brother was assassinated early last week. in eastern afghanistan, nato helicopter air strikes today hit a school where insurgents were said to have gathered. at least ten insurgents were killed. there were no youngsters in school at the time. remember the days when the marine corps advertised it was "looking for a few good men"? well, times have changed, and today marines are recruiting women as well. there seems to be no limit as to how high they can go. this is tonight's "sunday cover": a new commanding officer with a legendary marine corps post. this is parris island, south carolina. as the sign makes clear on the way in, here is where they make marines. now this marine factory has a new foreman. >> what i'd ask you to do is... >> reporter: or forewoman, brigadier general loretta reynolds. when you found out you were getting this post, what was your first reaction? >> there are times now that i wake up in the morning and say, "
in afghanistan, another blow to the rule of president karzai today. they gunned down his most precious aide. karzai's half-brother was assassinated early last week. in eastern afghanistan, nato helicopter air strikes today hit a school where insurgents were said to have gathered. at least ten insurgents were killed. there were no youngsters in school at the time. remember the days when the marine corps advertised it was "looking for a few good men"? well, times have changed, and today...
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30-year-old jessica sweet died from leukemia two years ago exposed to toxic smoke at burn pitts in afghanistan. >> very happy. very happy, start of a new life for me, rebirth after losing my wife. >> chris and daniel first met more than two years ago at a program for families of service members killed in iraq and afghanistan. >> we tell our kids, they have a mom and dad in heaven and a mom and dad on earth. >> chris' mom and dad flew in from ohio to attend the ceremony. >> they both have been through so much and for them now to have found one another, and have the opportunity to go on living, we couldn't be happier for both of them. >> i am so happy so unbelievably happy and overwhelmed. >> in the end, we are happy and we've found each other and our families are together as one and it was important we do it here so that ryan and jessica can be a part of the ceremony as well because they remain a part -- a big part of our family. >>> in arlington virginia, bob barner, fox 5 news. >>> 8:42 a.m. on this tuesday morning. >> the world's best jump ropers are in washington today they are teaching us
30-year-old jessica sweet died from leukemia two years ago exposed to toxic smoke at burn pitts in afghanistan. >> very happy. very happy, start of a new life for me, rebirth after losing my wife. >> chris and daniel first met more than two years ago at a program for families of service members killed in iraq and afghanistan. >> we tell our kids, they have a mom and dad in heaven and a mom and dad on earth. >> chris' mom and dad flew in from ohio to attend the ceremony....
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he also made an unannounced trip to afghanistan over the weekened to assess the situation on the ground there and to meet with troops. >>> white house chief of staff william daily confirms the u.s. is withholding $800 million worth of aid to pakistan's army, the u.s. wants more aggressive actions taken against the taliban and not happy about the country's decision to revoke visas for american military trainers this is according to reports by the new york times, he stopped by abcs this week to talk about the tricky relationship. >>> obviously they have been an important alley in the fight on terrorism they have been victim of enormous amounts of terrorism but right now, they have taken some steps that have given us reason to pause on some of the aid which we were giving to military, and we are trying to work through that. >> tensions between the two nations have been on the rise since u.s. navy seals killed osama bin laden during a raid on pakistani soil back in may. >>> a third plane's pilot found himself flanked by f-15 fighter jets near camp david this weekend the plane was spotted in
he also made an unannounced trip to afghanistan over the weekened to assess the situation on the ground there and to meet with troops. >>> white house chief of staff william daily confirms the u.s. is withholding $800 million worth of aid to pakistan's army, the u.s. wants more aggressive actions taken against the taliban and not happy about the country's decision to revoke visas for american military trainers this is according to reports by the new york times, he stopped by abcs this...
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. >>> following developments in afghanistan where the mayor of kandahar was assassinated overnight the suicide bomber killed the mayor at a meeting of tribal leaders in his office the bomber hid the explosive in his turban tribal elders is usually not searched and searching turbans is considered disrespectful. >> state department issued a new travel warning lingering anger of osama bin laden, there is still a risk of anti american violence worldwide americans are urged to take extra precautions when travelling overseas, the department fears terrorists might be planning reprisele attacks in europe, asia, africa and middle east. >>> leavy rain and -- heavy rain and flooding in south korea, the worst in 100 years 32 are dead dozens missing rescue crews trying to save people, trains triggered multiple land slides across the country, one killed 10 students the land slides flooded hundreds of homes and blocked roads. >>> 6-year-old girl attacked bay shark says she forgives the shark for biting her leg because he didn't really mean to do it. lucy magnum was baggy bo
. >>> following developments in afghanistan where the mayor of kandahar was assassinated overnight the suicide bomber killed the mayor at a meeting of tribal leaders in his office the bomber hid the explosive in his turban tribal elders is usually not searched and searching turbans is considered disrespectful. >> state department issued a new travel warning lingering anger of osama bin laden, there is still a risk of anti american violence worldwide...
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the done he was the dean -- don, he was the dean of kandahar some people call him the teflon don of afghanistan he was the guy able to hold it together nothing happened on his watch without his approval or blessing the taliban said they killed him talking to sources early on after this happened yesterday, they may not have done it the sources i have been talking to indicate this may have been a personal dispute that emanated from some tribal troubles or some personal dealings that he had and one u.s. official told me he was no boy scout but you don't find a lot of boy scouts there in the area. while he was a very charismatic and well known guy able to get things done he had a dark side that dark side perhaps caught up with him. >> one more topic to get in i think pakistan, eliminates visas to u.s. military personnel the u.s. holding back $800 million to them what is going on here. >> one problem with the whole process is after the osama bin laden killing, pakistan clearly obviously was upset with the u.s. because they were not put in on the loop on this they changed its process where by u.s. ci
the done he was the dean -- don, he was the dean of kandahar some people call him the teflon don of afghanistan he was the guy able to hold it together nothing happened on his watch without his approval or blessing the taliban said they killed him talking to sources early on after this happened yesterday, they may not have done it the sources i have been talking to indicate this may have been a personal dispute that emanated from some tribal troubles or some personal dealings that he had and...
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. >> new american commander in charge of nato's coalition in afghanistan, general alan is known for helping to turn fighters against al qaeda in iraq. he says there are tough days ahead. general pay reus handed over command of the -- patreus handed over command of the forces to him yesterday. >>> phone hacking scandal involving news to have world is now blown into a full investigation in the uk now the u.s., today news corp. chairman and ceo rupert murdoch and his son are answering questions from parliament that was the live feed hopefully we get it back we will bring some of that to you live that is our plan. >> and we have been talking about it all day oppressive heat is gripping the country making its way to the dc area, tucker up next with a hot and steamy forecast stay with us everyone [ mr. connally ] i was paying too much with cable. it was crazy! paying so much you want better quality. it was like you were trapped because that was the only system that was in our neighborhood -- was that cable. i was just getting too frustrated. [ male announcer ] stop paying
. >> new american commander in charge of nato's coalition in afghanistan, general alan is known for helping to turn fighters against al qaeda in iraq. he says there are tough days ahead. general pay reus handed over command of the -- patreus handed over command of the forces to him yesterday. >>> phone hacking scandal involving news to have world is now blown into a full investigation in the uk now the u.s., today news corp. chairman and ceo rupert murdoch and his son are...
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that still you have the un somewhat unpopular position although changing rapidly about the wars in afghanistan and iraq what do you think are some of the messages that are really resonating the most people i think i think in all areas when it comes to war more people are skeptical there's more votes now in the congress to come home and bring our troops home from iraq and afghanistan and and surely not get another war started in libya so we've gained tremendous support there and i think the people of the country are agreeing when i talk about personal liberties people are more worried now about the patriot act and how the patriot act is used to harass us at airports and and pesters there in an attempt to pretend that they're defending us and nobody really believes are doing much good but certainly on the economy in the federal reserve that's where. you know we've gained so much support because we have talked about the financial bubble that existed the housing bubble and it would have to be a correction and certainly we're in the middle of that but we still face a lot of problems so i think peop
that still you have the un somewhat unpopular position although changing rapidly about the wars in afghanistan and iraq what do you think are some of the messages that are really resonating the most people i think i think in all areas when it comes to war more people are skeptical there's more votes now in the congress to come home and bring our troops home from iraq and afghanistan and and surely not get another war started in libya so we've gained tremendous support there and i think the...
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. >>> assassins target more top officials in afghanistan. we'll check more world headlines coming up as well. now 8 minutes past the hour. [ male announcer ] nature is unique... ...authentic... ...pure... and also delicious. ♪ like nature valley. granola bars made with crunchy oats and pure honey. because natural is not only good, it also tastes good. nature valley -- 100% natural. 100% delicious. it's french's crunchy onion chicken! (announcer) for a quick and easy dinner crush french fried onions. dip chicken in egg. coat with onion crumbs and bake. when dinner's made with french's french fried onions, everyone's happy. french's. happy starts here. look for it in the canned vegetable aisle. 0. >>> new this morning, a man hit by a train, it happened at 37th street and eastern avenue near the border. he was transported to a local hospital in critical condition. so far no word on what may have happened or whether d.c. or prince george's county will be handling the case. >>> assassins target more top officials. they killed one of karzai's
. >>> assassins target more top officials in afghanistan. we'll check more world headlines coming up as well. now 8 minutes past the hour. [ male announcer ] nature is unique... ...authentic... ...pure... and also delicious. ♪ like nature valley. granola bars made with crunchy oats and pure honey. because natural is not only good, it also tastes good. nature valley -- 100% natural. 100% delicious. it's french's crunchy onion chicken! (announcer) for a quick and easy dinner crush...
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taxpayer money may be missing in afghanistan. our pentagon correspondent chris lawrence is here with the details. chris, how is this possible? >> reporter: because of a complete failure of oversight on the parts of the departments of treasury, state and defense, just a complete corruption in afghanistan. look, this federal audit shows that ten years into this war, the u.s. still only has limited visibility over what happens to billions of dollars once we send the money to afghanistan. the inspector general says that makes the money vulnerable not only to fraud but even worse being diverted to insurgents. the u.s. spent more than $70 billion on security and redevelopment in afghanistan, but, again, this audit shows as much as $10 million may be smuggled out of afghanistan every day. how does that happen? whenever afghan government officials leave the country no one checks how much money they are carrying with them. again the audit shows afghan officials have no plans to scan their cash through those electronic currency counters. t
taxpayer money may be missing in afghanistan. our pentagon correspondent chris lawrence is here with the details. chris, how is this possible? >> reporter: because of a complete failure of oversight on the parts of the departments of treasury, state and defense, just a complete corruption in afghanistan. look, this federal audit shows that ten years into this war, the u.s. still only has limited visibility over what happens to billions of dollars once we send the money to afghanistan. the...
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making headlines nato forces say three international service members were killed in a bomb blast in afghanistan the explosion happened earlier today in the eastern part of the country nato has not released further information at this time. >> assassins target more top officials in afghanistan. gun men strapped with explosives killed one of karzai's keyadvisers and a key member of parliament. just last week the president's half brother and another member of parliament were killed a smokes man for the alan -- spokesman for the taliban has claimed responsibility. >>> >> thousands of fans sent running for cover during the blues fest concert in ottawa after the main stage collapsed it gave way during a performance by cheep trick. five concert goers were injured one of them in serious condition. they had bad storms at the time. >>> 7:27 a.m., time is running out for members of congress to come to an agreement on the nations debt ceiling. a deal may be in the works after the break we will sit down with the policy director at the committee for a responsibility federal budget for more >> as we head to b
making headlines nato forces say three international service members were killed in a bomb blast in afghanistan the explosion happened earlier today in the eastern part of the country nato has not released further information at this time. >> assassins target more top officials in afghanistan. gun men strapped with explosives killed one of karzai's keyadvisers and a key member of parliament. just last week the president's half brother and another member of parliament were killed a smokes...
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terrorize and here's a country who, you know, been an ally of ours, part of the nato mission in both afghanistan and libya and frankly is going to be a target and it looks like today was the day unfortunately. >> police believe these attacks are related. do you have any insight as to why? they are so different, the bombing that we see, the result of downtown oslow and at a camp. why do they believe these two are related? because of the timing? >> the timing is the most obvious factor. these are both terrorist tactics that have been used previously by al-qaeda and al- qaeda inspired groups. what happened in mumbai in 2008, killed over 150 people. that's a mass shooting, bombings are a common occurrence in iraq and other places where al-qaeda is used vehicle born explosive devices. >> what kind of planning went into this? obviously more than one person. >> right, it's very sophisticated attack and another reason to suspect that there's a larger terrorism network involved here. it's unlikely that a single dure durageed individual -- as well as carry out this attack. two-prong attack, both very diff
terrorize and here's a country who, you know, been an ally of ours, part of the nato mission in both afghanistan and libya and frankly is going to be a target and it looks like today was the day unfortunately. >> police believe these attacks are related. do you have any insight as to why? they are so different, the bombing that we see, the result of downtown oslow and at a camp. why do they believe these two are related? because of the timing? >> the timing is the most obvious...
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. >>> and we have pictures this morning from southern afghanistans. u.s. marines and afghan security forces are conducting joint operations against the taliban. thursday the troops used helicopters to fly in search of taliban fighters. the current plan is for afghan forces to take over the country's security by the end of 2014. >>> two people were killed when their plane crashed into an unoccupied hospital building in watsonville, california. the plane struck the building shortly after takeoff last night, apparently as the pilot was trying to clear the line of fog. watsonville is 90 miles south of san francisco. >>> economists look for positive unemployment numbers being released today. >>> plus it's raining? no, not quite, it's pouring in denver, a sudden cloud burst swamps the mile high city. >>> first, scott pelley has a preview of tonight's "cbs evening news." >> from nasa's first mission to now the final shuttle flight, we'll look at how cbs news and walter cronkite covered the space race for the last 50 years, that story tonight on the "cbs evening n
. >>> and we have pictures this morning from southern afghanistans. u.s. marines and afghan security forces are conducting joint operations against the taliban. thursday the troops used helicopters to fly in search of taliban fighters. the current plan is for afghan forces to take over the country's security by the end of 2014. >>> two people were killed when their plane crashed into an unoccupied hospital building in watsonville, california. the plane struck the building...
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security in afghanistan has only. said that drug production cannot be fought because it damages the security situation in the country so it's a kind of. in this respect to the be worthwhile to note a nato operation in helmand province which produces the most opium poppies the operation was called iraq which translated from persian means together. the operation was presented as a brilliant military success considerable kilometers and hectares of the province were reportedly cleared of insurgents but the production of opium has never stopped that's why i have a peaceful settlement is necessary but we've started talking about this at long last it was highlighted at the london conference on afghanistan in two thousand and ten the autumn conference in kabul also stressed the need to find a peaceful settlement but the latest initiative was voiced by the us president barack obama on negotiations with the taliban and the latest resolutions of the united nations security council which divided responsibility between the taliban
security in afghanistan has only. said that drug production cannot be fought because it damages the security situation in the country so it's a kind of. in this respect to the be worthwhile to note a nato operation in helmand province which produces the most opium poppies the operation was called iraq which translated from persian means together. the operation was presented as a brilliant military success considerable kilometers and hectares of the province were reportedly cleared of insurgents...
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. >>> in afghanistan, a former northern virginia resident servings athe mayor of kandahar has been assassinated. he was killed by a suicide bomber while meeting with local leaders in capped hare. the taliban claiming responsibility. the u.s. ambassador condemned the killing but says it is a sign of taliban's weakness that they can no longer conduct large-scale operations. >>> a story that we covered earlier this year. william caldwell did not engauge in psychological operations against u.s. senators as first reported. the thee-star army general has been cleared following an investigation into allegations that he ordered soldiers to use mind games. the pentagon's inspector general says there is no truth to the accusations. >>> the tsa is facing a discrimination lawsuit accused of not hiring a man because he is missing a hand. michael costantino applied as a security koreaner at la guardia airport. he says he passed the interviews, background check and thought he passed a physical exam but he says the t system a disqualified him for the job because he only has one hand. >> i was hurt at first. it
. >>> in afghanistan, a former northern virginia resident servings athe mayor of kandahar has been assassinated. he was killed by a suicide bomber while meeting with local leaders in capped hare. the taliban claiming responsibility. the u.s. ambassador condemned the killing but says it is a sign of taliban's weakness that they can no longer conduct large-scale operations. >>> a story that we covered earlier this year. william caldwell did not engauge in psychological...
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health of global jihad has claimed responsibility tonight in response to the country's involvement in afghanistan and in a separate attack up to thirty bodies no it's been reported have been reported by witnesses after a loaded gun when opened fire at a youth rally outside the capital. also e.u. leaders agreeing on a second bailout for greece sparked fears over the union delving deeper into debt with experts predicting it's now up to growing economies to dominate global finance . welcome it's eleven pm this is our team our name is kevin owen here in moscow with the top story in the main news dominating norway's been shaken by double terror attacks tonight first the center of all those been hit by huge blast bomb and the blast damaged parliamentary buildings including the prime minister's office where at least seven were killed but the pm himself is said to be not then a gunman one of the shooting spree at a youth camp by witnesses report claims of up to thirty there that may have been killed police say they fear there may also be explosives in the grounds are says general logan is in oslo she joi
health of global jihad has claimed responsibility tonight in response to the country's involvement in afghanistan and in a separate attack up to thirty bodies no it's been reported have been reported by witnesses after a loaded gun when opened fire at a youth rally outside the capital. also e.u. leaders agreeing on a second bailout for greece sparked fears over the union delving deeper into debt with experts predicting it's now up to growing economies to dominate global finance . welcome it's...
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responsibility to help those of jihad who they claim it's a it's a response to norway forward to an afghanistan on. just the beginning of their campaign is the sense everywhere around for example just just here i mean we train the engine slow train station trains have all been canceled. dogs are loose with machine guns and soldiers are all around walking all around the airport here and people on the flee operative. earlier already spoke with the editor in chief of an independent news magazine based in oslo he gave us this account of the song there was this big blasts and people were screaming running around scared there were the smoke it was just like. what we have seen for. citizen around the world which has been attacked earlier we have looked at ourselves as a peaceful nation. even though we are in two wars. in libya so people are rather surprised shocked. those say that people mostly on twitter feed certainly social. and trying to. jump to conclusions too early i have to say though the latest breaking news essentially that the police officer he was going to this can and. should be g.'s. he
responsibility to help those of jihad who they claim it's a it's a response to norway forward to an afghanistan on. just the beginning of their campaign is the sense everywhere around for example just just here i mean we train the engine slow train station trains have all been canceled. dogs are loose with machine guns and soldiers are all around walking all around the airport here and people on the flee operative. earlier already spoke with the editor in chief of an independent news magazine...
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as a matter of fact afghanistan itself is the victim of global drug method of work which creates the demand and the political will to continue production in the country this is why countries next to afghanistan have the greatest density of drug flow. simply because they are closer to the epicenter further away the drug flows into lots of different channels and then drugs get to russia for example through the seven thousand kilometer border with gaza. from europe. over eighty percent of all synthetic substances that are illegally traded in russia originate in europe mostly the netherlands where most amphetamine based drugs a manufactured with poland the baltic states germany bug area and many other countries with underground drug labs some cells are small but there are many of them and the substances they produce find their way to rush of through the various channels speaking of the amounts that we intercept and confiscate it's nearly half a ton of synthetic substances every year mostly these are net amphetamine. ecstasy and other similar drugs. but also their parents as well. well yo
as a matter of fact afghanistan itself is the victim of global drug method of work which creates the demand and the political will to continue production in the country this is why countries next to afghanistan have the greatest density of drug flow. simply because they are closer to the epicenter further away the drug flows into lots of different channels and then drugs get to russia for example through the seven thousand kilometer border with gaza. from europe. over eighty percent of all...
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do you think that she may be able to return home to afghanistan not to her village going to. but i mean if she the painting what she does i mean perhaps she can go back to couple who and work there who move so do you think she will want to go back on their hard earned i do know they're still fickle to say i mean i really don't know you know no one has access to i share i have very close access to the the organization that looks after her but i don't get on the phone and have a conversation with her you know they're still trying to protect her from the media you so that the media should first and the foundation no no i don't want internet no they say that but us i really try wherever i go to advocate and ask people to donate funds to the b.b. i should fund what is it for to go out with the doing well really you know it's very expensive living in new york and it's not that she's going to go shopping with their money in some movie you know she needs to be educated she needs caregivers and it's a very expensive process so that fund a hundred percent of the money put into their fu
do you think that she may be able to return home to afghanistan not to her village going to. but i mean if she the painting what she does i mean perhaps she can go back to couple who and work there who move so do you think she will want to go back on their hard earned i do know they're still fickle to say i mean i really don't know you know no one has access to i share i have very close access to the the organization that looks after her but i don't get on the phone and have a conversation with...
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well they certainly are all the more recent to continue the war in afghanistan and the new war is that nato countries are involved in against your movement in somalia of course the libya operation going on is a good reason to say well these muslim terrorists will go after anybody they'll do it in their own countries they'll do it in america they'll do it across europe if we're if we don't target these people and get rid of them we'll keep inciting these incidents and killing innocent people and the trouble to scare them that people in countries especially in america believe this when in fact i know for a fact there's stories that written about the innocent people challenge that america was written about dozens of them falsely charged all of them muslims mostly occasionally a woman. written about it least five dozen of them i have yet to find a single person of any crime but they're all in christian some of them serving ways terms the public is traumatized in the imperial wars go war and these are just scandal it's it's a court topic clearly i deal with all the time ok silliman i know y
well they certainly are all the more recent to continue the war in afghanistan and the new war is that nato countries are involved in against your movement in somalia of course the libya operation going on is a good reason to say well these muslim terrorists will go after anybody they'll do it in their own countries they'll do it in america they'll do it across europe if we're if we don't target these people and get rid of them we'll keep inciting these incidents and killing innocent people and...
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still to come, safeguarding one of afghanistan's architectural treasures. that battle to preserve this historic city. >> and blended kickstart the final race to the finish line to the olympics. and independent inquiry has found that one in 10 experiments on monkeys has no clear sign to the purpose. studies involving monkeys have led to important benefits over the years, such as the development of a polio vaccine and treatment for strokes and parkinson's disease. an animal welfare groups describe the inquiry's findings as chilling. >> it is done in cases where we believe it will yield fantastic results that meat -- that may either now or sometime in the future be important for human health. >> but is all the research carried out really necessary? and does it always lead to a scientific and medical benefits? according to a review of research on monkeys, on the whole, the work is of high quality and were continuing, but there were some concerns. -- worth continuing, but there were some concerns. >> some of the work does not justify continuing in terms of its m
still to come, safeguarding one of afghanistan's architectural treasures. that battle to preserve this historic city. >> and blended kickstart the final race to the finish line to the olympics. and independent inquiry has found that one in 10 experiments on monkeys has no clear sign to the purpose. studies involving monkeys have led to important benefits over the years, such as the development of a polio vaccine and treatment for strokes and parkinson's disease. an animal welfare groups...
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picture appeared on the front page of time magazine and the headline read what happens if we leave afghanistan that's right yes so actually your picture was used in a propaganda campaign to sell the arche patients we have here. you see this is what's very interesting and south african coming from johannes food if you show that cover to people in south africa they didn't even notice the headline because that's not our politics they saw i share and the controversy came from very many different places and therefore everyone responded in very different ways depending on the politics depending on the country they came from depending on a whole lot of different variables so it didn't affect me a net way in and in actual fact it was a catalyst and that it spread through the blogosphere world it was on t.v. it was everywhere and actually it was furthering and speaking about violence against women and more and more people were seeing it before we start of the story and the pictures of a couple of more words about the competition first of all what was your favorite picture among others among your compet
picture appeared on the front page of time magazine and the headline read what happens if we leave afghanistan that's right yes so actually your picture was used in a propaganda campaign to sell the arche patients we have here. you see this is what's very interesting and south african coming from johannes food if you show that cover to people in south africa they didn't even notice the headline because that's not our politics they saw i share and the controversy came from very many different...
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first up, president obama faced critical decisions on the debt and afghanistan the last few weeks and all the while the geniuses who ran his 2008 campaign have been huddled with their maps and polls, figuring out how to put together a repeat victory. what's the anatomy of a re-election win for obama. he has 4-5, 81% of the people who voted for him last night according to a june nbc poll. what happened to the other 20% of obama's 2008 voters and how does he win them back? let's look at three skenl elements in the anatomy of the obama electorate. in the 2008 exit polls, obama got 66% of voters under 30. now he has just 56% of the under 30's. good? maybe not good enough. another key in the anatomy, suburban voters. any 08 exit polls, 50% of suburbanites went for obama. now he's down to 141%. final will laveragee pin in the obama win n '08 he had 52% of independents. now he has just 43% of independents. john, you wrote game changer about how he did it last time. how do they put, the geniuses out there in chicago and washington, humenty dumpty together again? >> they will be happy to hear
first up, president obama faced critical decisions on the debt and afghanistan the last few weeks and all the while the geniuses who ran his 2008 campaign have been huddled with their maps and polls, figuring out how to put together a repeat victory. what's the anatomy of a re-election win for obama. he has 4-5, 81% of the people who voted for him last night according to a june nbc poll. what happened to the other 20% of obama's 2008 voters and how does he win them back? let's look at three...
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they have claimed by the afghan government to be shelling into afghanistan. they say they have withdrawn all cooperation with the u.s. on the strikes and so on. do you think that we are building? >> i do, actually. everyone has stepped back from the abyss after looking into it and realizing once again that we have again a very important objectives, many of which we share and we need to focus on those and move forward. >> the campaign in afghanistan has been a long slog. there has been a huge price paid in lives and money. do you think that the patience of the u.s., the u.k., nato will hold out over the next few years? do you see exhaustion set in end? >> this has been a long war, no question. our countries have shown enormous determination and persistence. my sense is that if that progress continues, if the people recognize that this enables us to achieve our important objective, they will continue to provide the support. this is incumbent upon us and our partners to continue to build on that progress so that we can be very clearly seen by all of those back h
they have claimed by the afghan government to be shelling into afghanistan. they say they have withdrawn all cooperation with the u.s. on the strikes and so on. do you think that we are building? >> i do, actually. everyone has stepped back from the abyss after looking into it and realizing once again that we have again a very important objectives, many of which we share and we need to focus on those and move forward. >> the campaign in afghanistan has been a long slog. there has...